Nicole MyersMar 265 minEarth Story: The AppalachiansThe Appalachians are older than the Sierra Nevadas and the Rockies, but they are not the oldest mountain chain in North America. All the...
Nicole MyersJan 55 minEarth Story: Disasters Create Our Beautiful PlanetIt is not fun to experience a natural disaster. It is scary and overwhelming, intense & terrible. Yet the world we love would not exist...
Nicole MyersDec 4, 20235 minEarth Story: Franciscan Complex of the California Coast RangeFor those of you who live along the coast of Central and Northern California, you likely live in the California Coast Ranges and on top...
Nicole MyersNov 8, 20236 minEarth Story: GondwanaWhat was Gondwana? Gondwana was a huge megacontinent that formed as smaller landmasses squeezed together, long before life inhabited the...
Nicole MyersSep 2, 20233 minStory of Earth: The Tethys SeaWhere is the Tethys Sea? I was lucky enough to spend time on one of the last vestiges of the Tethys Sea this summer as a heat wave baked...
Nicole MyersAug 1, 20233 minYour Body is Your Earth Observing InstrumentHow do you interact with the Earth? Humans have an intimate connection with the Earth, all plant and animal Earthlings do - we evolved to...
Nicole MyersMar 4, 20235 minA Global Perspective of Climate AdaptationImagine, you are in a space ship. Below is a world with oceans and land, volcanic eruptions, swirling clouds, dust storms, and carpets of...
Nicole MyersDec 11, 20225 minEarth: Volcanic PlanetThere are ~1,350 potentially active volcanos on Earth. In 2022 people flocked to see the spectacle of volcanic eruptions in Iceland,...
Nicole MyersJul 13, 20224 minThe Evolution of Resourceful Homo sapiensOn Earth, an ecosystem has evolved that includes a wide variety of animals, plants, protists, fungi, bacteria, and Archaea. Earth life is...